branco

See also: Branco and branĉo

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FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

Abbreviation of brancardier.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /bʁɑ̃.ko/

NounEdit

branco m (plural brancos)

1. (military, colloquial) stretcher-bearer

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GalicianEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾaŋkʊ/

AdjectiveEdit

branco m (feminine singular branca, masculine plural brancos, feminine plural brancas)

1. white (colour)

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ItalianEdit

NounEdit

branco m (plural branchi)

1. flock (of sheep)
2. pack (of wolves)
3. gang (of people)

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MirandeseEdit

AdjectiveEdit

branco (feminine branca, masculine plural brancos, feminine plural brancas)

1. white

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Old PortugueseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Vulgar Latin *blancus, from Proto-Germanic *blankaz (“bright, shining, blinding, white”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhleg- (“to shine”).

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾã.ko/

AdjectiveEdit

branco m (plural brancos, feminine branca, feminine plural brancas)

1. white
   • 1198, Cancioneiro da Ajuda, Paio Soares de Taveirós, A 38: No mundo non me sei parella (facsimile)

     […] mia ſennor branca e / uermella.

     […] my lady of white skin and / reddish face.

DescendantsEdit

• Eonavian: branco
• Fala: blãcu
• Galician: branco
• Portuguese: branco

See alsoEdit

Colors in Old Portuguese · coores, colores (layout · text)
branco	gris	negro, preto	castanno
rosa	vermello		amarelo
	verde
	azur		cardẽo

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PortugueseEdit

branco

EtymologyEdit

From Old Portuguese branco (“white”), from Late Latin, Vulgar Latin *blancus, from Proto-Germanic *blankaz (“bright, shining, blinding, white”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleg- (“to shine”).

Cognate with Galician branco, Spanish blanco, Catalan blanc, Occitan blanc, French blanc, Italian bianco and English blank.

PronunciationEdit

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbɾɐ̃.ku/
• Hyphenation: bran‧co

NounEdit

branco m (plural brancos)

1. white (color)
2. (heraldry) argent
3. a Caucasian male
4. (Brazil, informal) failure in recalling something

   Me deu um branco! - I forgot this!

QuotationsEdit

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:branco.

AdjectiveEdit

branco m (feminine singular branca, masculine plural brancos, feminine plural brancas, comparable)

1. white

QuotationsEdit

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:branco.

DescendantsEdit

• Angolar: baanku
• Guinea-Bissau Creoleo: branku
• Indo-Portuguese: branco
• Kabuverdianu: bránku
• Korlai Creole Portuguese: brak
• Malaccan Creole Portuguese: brangku
• Principense: baanku
• Sãotomense: blanku

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